diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_monitor.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_monitor.py
index 34021d607f..657c3b64c9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_monitor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_monitor.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ datadog_monitor:
   name: "Test monitor"
   state: "present"
   query: "datadog.agent.up".over("host:host1").last(2).count_by_status()"
-  message: "Some message."
+  message: "Host [[host.name]] with IP [[host.ip]] is failing to report to datadog."
   api_key: "9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4"
   app_key: "87ce4a24b5553d2e482ea8a8500e71b8ad4554ff"